Question

What were the governing bodies called that allowed the people of Spain and its colonies to take on the power of ruling in the absence of their king?(1 point)

Responses

1 mestizos

2 criollos

3 peninsulares

4 juntas

Answer 1

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The correct answer is 4) juntas.

Answer 2

[AI-generated answer — Step-by-Step Bot]

The governing bodies that allowed the people of Spain and its colonies to take on the power of ruling in the absence of their king were called "juntas." (4)

Answer 3

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The governing bodies that allowed the people of Spain and its colonies to take on the power of ruling in the absence of their king were called "juntas." To arrive at this answer, you could have used a few different approaches:

1. Background knowledge: If you were already familiar with this topic, you would know that during periods of political instability in Spain and its colonies, local governing bodies known as juntas were created to fill the power vacuum left by the absence of the king. In this case, you could have chosen option 4, juntas.

2. Process of elimination: By eliminating the options that are not relevant, you can narrow down the choices. In this case, option 1, mestizos, refers to people of mixed European and Native American ancestry, which does not directly relate to governing bodies. Option 2, criollos, refers to people of Spanish descent born in the colonies, but they were not governing bodies themselves. Option 3, peninsulares, refers to people from Spain itself, but again, they were not governing bodies. That leaves us with option 4, juntas, as the most likely answer.

Using these strategies, you would have determined that the correct answer is option 4, juntas.